Succumbed

Yes, it's true... I have succumbed to the blogging world. I guess it's a good way to share my pictures and oh-so-exciting life without imposing in the inboxes of my family and friends through a dated mass e-mail. So, to begin my first blog, I'll briefly talk about what I'm doing at work... Hopefully I'll have more to talk about eventually than just work, but y'all need some background info!

We are studying C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Since the movie is coming December 9th, the other 6th grade Language Arts teachers and I thought it might be fun. Well, my students are so psyched about the movie and all of the hype because of it. Several students who normally are not at all interested in school are buying their own copies of TLWW so they can read it on their own. D students are making 100s on their tests and the angels are rejoicing!

I've tried to recreate Narnia in my classroom, so my students can escape from school for 50 minutes and be focused on our novel. I used brown butcher paper outside my door to outline a wardrobe. I put up a shower curtain rod in the door jamb and hung coats on it. As the children walk in the wardrobe door and through the coats, they come upon two Christmas trees of different sizes and a lamppost! Snowflakes are hanging from the ceiling. As the winter spell of Narnia is broken, I'll take the snowflakes down and see if the kids notice. Then, maybe we can all decorate the trees together. We'll see.